
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers insists their 2-1 defeat at Newcastle was undeserved.
The Foxes took the lead in the North East, via Ademola Lookman's smart finish on 19 minutes, but the Magpies levelled when Bruno Guimarães forced the ball home at the other end.
Despite being in the ascendancy for the majority of the second half, the visitors were unable to create another opening and it was Eddie Howe's side who snatched the three points at the death.
In his post-match assessment of proceedings, Rodgers reflected to LCFC TV: “Performance-wise I was pretty pleased. I think we controlled a lot of the game with some excellent passages of play and we took the lead.
“I'm disappointed with the goal we conceded but we looked a really good side in terms of the energy and the intensity in the game and some of our football.
“We just failed to control the ball at the end and for some reason we decided to kick it long in the last throes of the game and it's just purely down to game management.
“We maybe just lacked a little bit of finesse or a little bit of quality on the last pass, but in the main, we arrived where we wanted to arrive, and they were sinking back into their shape.
“Our physicality was good in the game, and we looked like the team to win the game, especially in the second half, but we've just got to control the game better in that last sector."
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